| OLDGLORY | Former splendour of a national standard (3,5) |
| GRANDEUR | Splendour of a large part of Europe (8) |
| PASTGLORY | Gray's plot to recover former splendour (4,5) |
| CUP | A mortarboard; a cone historically placed on the head of a "dunce" as a mark of disgrace; or, an item awarded to a selectee of a national sports team, hence the player chosen (3) |
| UNIONJACK | University working with means of lifting national standard (5,4) |
| ISO | A world-wide federation of national standards bodies (3) |
| UNIONFLAG | Formal name for the national standard of the United Kingdom (5,4) |
| SATIRE | Ridicule national standard that ignores learning primarily (6) |
| FLYTHEFLAG | Raise national standard? (3,3,4) |
| SOWTHISTLE | A weed makes a pig of a national emblem (3,7) |
| CITIZENSHIP | Status of a national of a state |
| GLORY | Splendour of head of green parrot |
| FLAG | National standard |
| FLAT | Description of a National Hunt horse race without fences/hurdles; or, of a sparkling drink having lost its fizz (4) |
| MEADOW | In 2013, as part of a national scheme launched by Prince Charles to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Queen's Coronation, a roadside nature reserve near Long Stratton was chosen as Norfolk's Coron |
| NATAL | Birth of a National and a Liberal (5) |
| JACKIEOCANADA | Former First Lady's rendition of a national anthem? |
| RANGER | A warden of a national or state park or forest (6) |
| PEONY | Something of a national symbol of China |
| ENSIGNS | Sensing trouble with national standards |
